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... 5 Printers-Settings and Drivers 71 Accessing Printer Information 71 Changing Printer Settings 72 For Windows Vista 72 For Windows® XP 72 Setting up Printers 73 Adding a Printer 73 Setting the Default Printer 74 Sharing Printers on a Network 74 Installing a Printer Driver 75 6 Drives and Media 77 Freeing up Hard Drive Space 77 6 Contents
... 5 Printers-Settings and Drivers 71 Accessing Printer Information 71 Changing Printer Settings 72 For Windows Vista 72 For Windows® XP 72 Setting up Printers 73 Adding a Printer 73 Setting the Default Printer 74 Sharing Printers on a Network 74 Installing a Printer Driver 75 6 Drives and Media 77 Freeing up Hard Drive Space 77 6 Contents
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... Version of the Driver 79 Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to Reinstall a Driver 80 Manually Reinstalling a Driver 80 Drive Problems 81 Optical Drive Problems 82 Hard Drive Problems 82 Working with RAID 83 RAID Level 0 83 RAID Level 1 84 RAID Level 0+1 Configuration 86 RAID Level ...5 Configuration 87 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows® XP...
... Version of the Driver 79 Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to Reinstall a Driver 80 Manually Reinstalling a Driver 80 Drive Problems 81 Optical Drive Problems 82 Hard Drive Problems 82 Working with RAID 83 RAID Level 0 83 RAID Level 1 84 RAID Level 0+1 Configuration 86 RAID Level ...5 Configuration 87 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows® XP...
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... 126 Managing Your Computer Performance 127 Windows Vista 127 Windows® XP 128 Performance Tuning 129 System Setup Based Performance Tuning . . . . 129 Software Based Performance Tuning 129 NVIDIA Performance 129 NVIDIA Monitor 130 Cleaning Up Your Hard Drive 131 Defragmenting Your Hard Drive 132 Detecting and Repairing Disk Errors 133 Scanning for Viruses and Spyware...
... 126 Managing Your Computer Performance 127 Windows Vista 127 Windows® XP 128 Performance Tuning 129 System Setup Based Performance Tuning . . . . 129 Software Based Performance Tuning 129 NVIDIA Performance 129 NVIDIA Monitor 130 Cleaning Up Your Hard Drive 131 Defragmenting Your Hard Drive 132 Detecting and Repairing Disk Errors 133 Scanning for Viruses and Spyware...
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...XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of your computer. If you to enhance performance. Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance→ Performance Information and Tools. 2 Select one of the options to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive... or rearrange items on your hard drive to make changes to manage and improve your cursor over the category to evaluate system performance, view ...
...XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of your computer. If you to enhance performance. Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance→ Performance Information and Tools. 2 Select one of the options to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive... or rearrange items on your hard drive to make changes to manage and improve your cursor over the category to evaluate system performance, view ...
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... 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt. Drives and Media Freeing up Hard Drive Space Microsoft® Windows Vista® reserves approximately 1 GB on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for conducting a System Restore (see ...174; System Restore" on page 265). To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. To determine how much space is space reserved on drive C (the hard drive) is displayed. The free space on the hard drive for other standard operations. Drives and Media 77
... 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt. Drives and Media Freeing up Hard Drive Space Microsoft® Windows Vista® reserves approximately 1 GB on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for conducting a System Restore (see ...174; System Restore" on page 265). To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. To determine how much space is space reserved on drive C (the hard drive) is displayed. The free space on the hard drive for other standard operations. Drives and Media 77
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... Command Prompt displays the amount of a flash memory, is an electrical term that refers to store persistent data. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for information on optimum and minimum sizes for Shadow ...Storage] 6 Press . 7 Click Start → Computer→ Local Disk (C:) to confirm that is built entirely out of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the following : vssadmin list...
... Command Prompt displays the amount of a flash memory, is an electrical term that refers to store persistent data. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for information on optimum and minimum sizes for Shadow ...Storage] 6 Press . 7 Click Start → Computer→ Local Disk (C:) to confirm that is built entirely out of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the following : vssadmin list...
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... to restart the computer. 4 When you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If this is detecting hardware in your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for which...
... to restart the computer. 4 When you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If this is detecting hardware in your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for which...
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.... Hard Drive Problems A L L O W T H E C O M P U T E R T O C O O L B E F O R E T U R N I N G I T E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is inserted properly. RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media Problems writing to room temperature before turning it stops. The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. R U N THE DELL...
.... Hard Drive Problems A L L O W T H E C O M P U T E R T O C O O L B E F O R E T U R N I N G I T E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is inserted properly. RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media Problems writing to room temperature before turning it stops. The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. R U N THE DELL...
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...provides no redundancy. Therefore, a failure of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; The number of bad sectors, and then click Start....Scan for higher performance and fault tolerance. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. Drives and Media 83 There are an administrator on the RAID ...high level of all data. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com.
...provides no redundancy. Therefore, a failure of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; The number of bad sectors, and then click Start....Scan for higher performance and fault tolerance. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. Drives and Media 83 There are an administrator on the RAID ...high level of all data. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com.
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... by the number of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to provide 240 GB of both drives. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to create a large virtual drive. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is searching for...
... by the number of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to provide 240 GB of both drives. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to create a large virtual drive. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is searching for...
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...up - This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Also, because data is duplicated on the primary and additional drives, four 120-GB RAID level 1 drives collectively have a maximum of 360-GB on page 308). 2 Press the up - It provides data striping at the ... other surviving drives. Drives and Media 87 If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . A replacement drive can then ...
...up - This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Also, because data is duplicated on the primary and additional drives, four 120-GB RAID level 1 drives collectively have a maximum of 360-GB on page 308). 2 Press the up - It provides data striping at the ... other surviving drives. Drives and Media 87 If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . A replacement drive can then ...
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... use either the NVIDIA (see "Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or Intel (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on your hard drive(s). and right-arrow keys to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - This can be of equal size to highlight RAID On, and... then press . 5 Repeat the process, as needed, for each hard drive. Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for RAID, even if you want to create and manage RAID arrays. Using...
... use either the NVIDIA (see "Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or Intel (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on your hard drive(s). and right-arrow keys to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - This can be of equal size to highlight RAID On, and... then press . 5 Repeat the process, as needed, for each hard drive. Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for RAID, even if you want to create and manage RAID arrays. Using...
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...you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to move the selected drive from the selected drives. NOTE: To delete an array, use the right-arrow key to include in the ...next step. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the Array Detail window and press . The Array Detail window appears. Back up - Repeat these..., continue to wait until you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to enter the RAID BIOS. 2 Restart the computer. 3 Press when prompted to an array, press .
...you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to move the selected drive from the selected drives. NOTE: To delete an array, use the right-arrow key to include in the ...next step. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the Array Detail window and press . The Array Detail window appears. Back up - Repeat these..., continue to wait until you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to enter the RAID BIOS. 2 Restart the computer. 3 Press when prompted to an array, press .
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... only when you are adding one or more new hard drives to an existing (non-RAID) single-drive computer, and you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any other installed hard drives. NOTE: Only RAID-enabled hard drives are available for configuration. 4 Click Next→ ...Click to create the RAID configuration. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on page 87). 2 After restarting your hard drive(s). The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any data you want to keep...
... only when you are adding one or more new hard drives to an existing (non-RAID) single-drive computer, and you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any other installed hard drives. NOTE: Only RAID-enabled hard drives are available for configuration. 4 Click Next→ ...Click to create the RAID configuration. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on page 87). 2 After restarting your hard drive(s). The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any data you want to keep...
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... Configuration to mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to delete the RAID configuration. from striped to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to an existing array. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any remaining arrays along with the name and size of ...the array that all data on the volume. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. without losing any other installed hard drives. Also, you want to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled ...
... Configuration to mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to delete the RAID configuration. from striped to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to an existing array. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any remaining arrays along with the name and size of ...the array that all data on the volume. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. without losing any other installed hard drives. Also, you want to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled ...
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...data you want to keep before continuing. 8 Under Free Disk Selection, click the check box next to the hard drive(s) you want to rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3... data on your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you can use your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID ...
...data you want to keep before continuing. 8 Under Free Disk Selection, click the check box next to the hard drive(s) you want to rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3... data on your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you can use your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID ...
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... 93 Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: You lose any data on your hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure to migrate an existing storage configuration to RAID level 0 configuration. ...Operating System Installed" on page 94. • "Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating System Installed" on page 95. • "Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1)" on page 95. • "Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration" on page 96. • "Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration" on...
... 93 Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: You lose any data on your hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure to migrate an existing storage configuration to RAID level 0 configuration. ...Operating System Installed" on page 94. • "Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating System Installed" on page 95. • "Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1)" on page 95. • "Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration" on page 96. • "Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration" on...
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... volume. 7 Press to confirm that the correct volume configuration is displayed on page 265). The selected hard drives appear in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to select RAID1 (Mirror). 5 Select the desired capacity for the volume and press . and down ...-arrow keys to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. Click Next. NOTE: To add a third hard drive in your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to select Exit and press . 10 Install the operating system (see an Actions ...
... volume. 7 Press to confirm that the correct volume configuration is displayed on page 265). The selected hard drives appear in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to select RAID1 (Mirror). 5 Select the desired capacity for the volume and press . and down ...-arrow keys to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. Click Next. NOTE: To add a third hard drive in your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to select Exit and press . 10 Install the operating system (see an Actions ...
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... level, and then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use, and then click the right arrow. 7 Click a second hard drive until two drives appear in the Selected window, and then click Next. 8 In the Specify Volume Size window, select ...With the Operating System Installed NOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives is Rebuild. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Under DEGRADED VOLUME...
... level, and then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use, and then click the right arrow. 7 Click a second hard drive until two drives appear in the Selected window, and then click Next. 8 In the Specify Volume Size window, select ...With the Operating System Installed NOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives is Rebuild. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Under DEGRADED VOLUME...
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... computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on the RAID volume. This drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want to migrate, and click Next. Your ...you do not see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the RAID volume. 9 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive(s) to select the member drive(s) to span the stripe array, and click Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you...
... computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on the RAID volume. This drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want to migrate, and click Next. Your ...you do not see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the RAID volume. 9 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive(s) to select the member drive(s) to span the stripe array, and click Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you...